Families

Resources for Families

Great Start to Quality offers a variety of early childhood education resources for families. These resources can help you understand Great Start to Quality, and help you find the best care for your child.

Great Start to Quality Star Ratings

Any program or provider in Michigan who is in good standing with licensing has a star rating on Great Start to Quality. Programs are rated on a 1 to 5 Star scale.

Program meets licensing requirements.

Program meets licensing requirements and is participating in Great Start to Quality.

Program demonstrates quality across some categories of program quality indicators.

Program demonstrates quality across several categories of program quality indicators.

Program demonstrates quality across almost all categories of program quality indicators.

Program demonstrates highest quality.

A program quality indicator is a standard used to measure the quality of a program in a specific area.

Is This the Right Place for My Child? Guide

The informational booklet from Child Care Aware® about what to look for when searching for and visiting child care and preschool programs for your child.

Child Care Licensing

Child Development and Care Program

Michigan's Child Development and Care (CDC) program provides assistance with child care costs to those families who meet eligibility requirements. The subsidy can be used for child care in a licensed center, group child care home, family child care home or unlicensed care in the home of a relative or by an adult in the child's home.